Graduate College, other offices move to new locations

Dec. 14, 2000

KALAMAZOO -- The natural relationship between graduate education
and research has been strengthened at the University by the mid-December
consolidation of the Graduate College and the Office of the Vice
President for Research under one roof.

The two units are both being relocated to the second floor
of the west wing of East Campus' Walwood Hall, which is easily
accessible from Oakland Drive.

The Graduate College moved from its former facilities in the
Seibert Administration Building on the West Campus and is being
joined by research-related offices currently housed in Walwood,
including Research and Sponsored Programs, Grants and Contracts,
and the Center for Community Asset Building. Research offices
housed in Sangren Hall and other campus buildings have not moved.

The physical consolidation of the Graduate College and Office
of the Vice President for Research is an outgrowth of an administrative
merger that was approved by the WMU Board of Trustees in 1999.
Under this restructuring, Donald E. Thompson, vice president
for research, was given the additional duties of Graduate College
dean.

For the convenience of students, one Graduate College representative
remains on the main campus, housed with research staff members
in Friedman Hall, while two others will maintain office hours
in Sangren Hall's Tate Center. In addition, student parking will
be available close to Walwood Hall in the Little Theatre parking
lot for students visiting the Graduate College at its new location.
The Graduate College's new telephone number is 387-8212.

The consolidation of the Graduate College and research area
has resulted in new telephone numbers for only those offices
moving between East and West campuses and has required several
offices now on the second floor of Walwood's west wing to relocate.

The Office of the General Counsel has moved into the space
in Seibert that was occupied by the Graduate College. The new
phone number for the General Counsel's office is 387-1900.

The Office of University Relations is moving into the space
on the third floor of Walwood's east wing that was occupied by
the Office of the Vice President for Research.

The Development Office's donor relations/special events and
research/prospect management areas is moving into the space on
Walwood's basement floor that was occupied by the Center for
Community Asset Building.

The Office of Institutional Equity has moved to the Trimpe
Building on West campus. Its new phone number is 387-6317.